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Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the world's deepest river canyons, is located on the Yangtze River near Lijiang City, Yunnan. A local legend of a tiger that leapt across the narrowest point of the gorge gives the site its name.

Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the world's deepest river canyons, is located on the Yangtze River near Lijiang City, Yunnan. A local legend of a tiger that leapt across the narrowest point of the gorge gives the site its name.

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